Environment
Jaroslav Černi Water Institute must get strategic interest status, not be sold
02 November 2021 - Environmentalists are campaigning against the sale of the Jaroslav Černi Water Institute due to risks for the availability of drinking water
COP26 climate summit begins without firm commitment from most powerful countries
01 November 2021 - G20 increased the uncertainty about the outcome at COP26 with its weak joint statement on climate action goals and funding
Wastewater treatment plant in Kruševac makes energy out of sludge
01 November 2021 - A newly built wastewater treatment facility in the Serbian city of Kruševac is making biogas out of sludge dried in the Sun
Slovenia’s last coal mine turning to green energy, underground farming
29 October 2021 - Premogovnik Velenje has projects for methane extraction, a gravity power plant, underground energy storage and farming. Its subsidiary builds PV plants.
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding captures CO2 from ship exhaust gas
29 October 2021 - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding launched a carbon capture project on a cargo ship with the ambition to develop such systems on a commercial scale
Villages across Serbia demonstrating against arrogant investors: lithium explorers are not welcome!
28 October 2021 - The people of Rekovac and a group of villages in the west chased off geologists illegally exploring lithium deposits. They say the authorities abandoned them.
Sarajevo air was polluted 90% of time last winter
27 October 2021 - Daily thresholds for air quality were exceeded in 90 percent of the measuring intervals last winter in BiH's capital Sarajevo
Single-use plastic products banned in Slovakia
26 October 2021 - Packaging and non-packaging made of OXO-biodegradable plastic arriving after 3.7.2021. may no longer be placed or distributed on the Slovak market.
New York City startup Air Co. produces vodka from captured CO2
21 October 2021 - Air Co. calls its vodka the world's most sustainable spirit as it makes the alcohol from captured CO2 and green hydrogen. It just launched a perfume.
Reality of energy transition: fossil fuel production to grow at least until 2040
20 October 2021 - Despite the Paris Agreement goals and net zero commitments, fossil fuel producers are on track to significantly boost output through 2040
Women empowerment is crucial for sustainable development in Drin river basin
20 October 2021 - GWP-Med held a workshop on gender equality for sustainable development in nexus sectors in the Drin river riparians
Tuzla plans to decarbonize its district heating system
19 October 2021 - Tuzla intends to cut heating emissions to 4% of their current level by 2040 with desulphurization, renewables and network expansion
Public consultation starts on Serbia’s draft waste management law
19 October 2021 - The Ministry of Environmental Protection has invited interested public and experts to get acquainted with the draft law on waste management
Kosovo* Supreme Court: Kelag’s three small hydropower plants must be shut down
19 October 2021 - The facilities are owned by KelKos, a subsidiary of Austria-based Kelag-Kärntner Elektrizitäts and Kelag International.
Timmermans: There is place for gas, nuclear energy in EU energy mix
18 October 2021 - The European Commission's Frans Timmermans said gas has a future in the energy mix and that EU has nothing against nuclear energy
Belgrade tops air pollution chart; Zagreb, Sarajevo, Prishtina, Skopje, Sofia not far behind
18 October 2021 - Belgrade reached the top of IQAir's air pollution list last night, trailed closely by other major cities in the Balkan region